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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s GHOSTLIGHT
Ghostlight [2024] 1. Arriving home at dawn after the cast party. 2. Defiantly walking in the middle of the street. 3. Sitting across from each other, their foreheads touching.
Last three chances to see MY LAST MARTINI
Well, for now anyway … I will be at the screenings in Tryon and San Jose; if you make it out, please say hi! And here’s a lovely new review of the film by Jared Mobarak: “[Wendy] Robie becomes an … Continue reading
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Tagged buffalo, David Lynch, movies, my last martini, san jose, tryon, twin peaks, wendy robie
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3 things about Stephen Maing and Brett Story’s UNION
Union [2024] 1. Laptop propped up using Monopoly. 2. Container ship named CAPITAL. 3. A two-hour commute via MTA.
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Tagged 3 things, amazon, documentaries, movies, new york, unions
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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
One Battle After Another [2025] 1. “Do the revolution, baby. Do the revolution.” 2. Reciting lines from The Battle of Algiers. 3. Suite 55.
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Tagged 3 things, fascism, movies, paul thomas anderson, thomas pynchon
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3 things about Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD.
Sunset Blvd. [1950] 1. Solid gold cigarette case. 2. “Get me Gordon Cole.” 3. He references The Naked and The Dead. 3 other things.
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Tagged 3 things, billy wilder, hollywood, movies, william holden
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3 things about Sean Baker’s ANORA
Anora [2024] 1. It’s his grandmother’s car. 2. Spraying champagne aboard a private jet. 3. “You know, you should learn English first before you attempt French.”
3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.
Obit. [2016] 1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers. 2. An inherently retrospective disciple. 3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.
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Tagged 3 things, documentaries, journalism, movies, new york
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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE WIZ
The Wiz [1978] 1. Hungry trashcans. 2. Sweaty sweatshop sign. 3. Starbabies.
3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI
Kedi [2016] 1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person. 2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet. 3. Feeding her babies.
3 things about t.o.L’s TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space [2002] 1. Let’s! Catty Diet! only 7 yen 2. His name, as he keeps reminding her, is Michelangelo. 3. Trying to find the toilet in the basement of the museum.